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State v. Diaz

Citations

  • 521 A.2d 129
  • 1987 R.I. LEXIS 418

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  • holding prosecutor’s significant failure to disclose important discovery information required reversal of murder conviction, but did not bar retrial
  • rejecting the defendant’s argument that the prosecutor’s violation of the rules of discovery, which necessitated a mistrial, barred the retrial of the defendant on double jeopardy grounds
  • \[T]he Court in Kennedy recognized only one exception to the general rule that a mistrial requested by a defendant does not bar a retrial.\

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Judges: Weisberger

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